Turn Out Those Lights! The Merchant Marine and U-Boat Lane, 1942

Submitted by Steven Lapham on Mon, 09/20/2010 - 10:04am

--Caroline C. Sheffield and Andrew J. Nichols
As an editorial cartoonist, Dr. Seuss alerted his readers to German submarine attacks along the east coast of the United States in May 1942. Student handouts provide 3 cartoons, charts that tally lost ships, and lyrics to a folk song about the Merchant Marine.